Ezekiel 31:17

Complete Jewish Bible

They descended with him to Sh'ol to those who were killed by the sword, to those who were his fighting arm, those among the nations who lived in his shade.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

Hebrew Names Version
They also went down into She'ol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

King James Version
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.

English Standard Version
They also went down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were its arm, who lived under its shadow among the nations.

New American Standard Bible
"They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived in its shade among the nations.

New Century Version
These trees had also gone down with the great tree to the place of the dead. They joined those who were killed in war and those among the nations who had lived under the great tree's shade.

Amplified Bible
"They also went down to Sheol with it to those who were slain by the sword; those who were its strength lived under its shade among the nations.

World English Bible
They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They also went downe to hell with him vnto them that be slaine with the sworde, and his arme, and they that dwelt vnder his shadowe in the middes of the heathen.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived under its shade among the nations.

Legacy Standard Bible
They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived under its shade among the nations.

Berean Standard Bible
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

Contemporary English Version
Those people who found protection in its shade will also be sent to the world below, where they will join the dead.

Darby Translation
They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that were slain with the sword, and [that were] his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Easy-to-Read Version
Yes, those trees also went down with the big tree to the place of death. They joined the people who were killed in battle. That big tree made the other trees strong. Those trees had lived under the big tree's shadow among the nations.

George Lamsa Translation
They also went down to Sheol with it to those who are slain by the sword; and its posterity dwelt under its shadow among the nations.

Good News Translation
They will go with it to the world of the dead to join those that have already fallen. And all who live under its shadow will be scattered among the nations.

Lexham English Bible
They also went down with it to Sheol to those who died by the sword, and its army who had lived in its shadow in the midst of nations.

Literal Translation
They also went down with him into Sheol, to the slain of the sword, even his arm, who dwelt in his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for they shal go downe to hell wt him, vnto the that be slayne with the swearde, which dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme amoge the Heithe.

American Standard Version
They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Bible in Basic English
And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They also went down into the nether-world with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were in his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

King James Version (1611)
They also went downe into hell with him vnto them that be slaine with the sword, and they that were his arme, that dwelt vnder his shadow in the middest of the heathen.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They also went downe to hell with him vnto them that be slayne with the sword, which were his arme [and] dwelt vnder his shadowe in the middest of the nations.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For they went down to hell with him among the slain with the sword; and his seed, even they that dwelt under his shadow, perished in the midst of their life.

English Revised Version
They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi also thei schulen go doun with hym to helle, to slayn men with swerd; and the arm of ech man schal sitte vndur the schadewyng place of hym, in the myddis of naciouns.

Update Bible Version
They also went down into Sheol with him to those that are slain by the sword; yes, those that were his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
They also went down into the grave with him to [them that are] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shade in the midst of the heathen.

New English Translation
Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword.

New King James Version
They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations.

New Living Translation
Its allies, too, were all destroyed and had passed away. They had gone down to the grave—all those nations that had lived in its shade.

New Life Bible
And those who lived under its shadow among the nations will go down to the place of the dead with it, to those who were killed by the sword.

New Revised Standard
They also went down to Sheol with it, to those killed by the sword, along with its allies, those who lived in its shade among the nations.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even they, with him descended into hades. Among them who were thrust through with the sword,- Even his seed who dwelt in his shade in the midst of the nations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they also shall go down with him to hell to them that are slain by the sword; and the arm of every one shall sit down under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

Revised Standard Version
They also shall go down to Sheol with it, to those who are slain by the sword; yea, those who dwelt under its shadow among the nations shall perish.

Young's Literal Translation
Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And -- his arm -- they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ "Therefore here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘Because you are so tall, because he has lifted his crown above the leafy boughs, because he has grown so arrogant about his height, ¹¹ I am handing him over to the mightiest of the nations, who will certainly deal with him as his wickedness deserves; I reject him. ¹² Foreigners, the most barbarous of the nations, will destroy him and leave him lying where he is. His branches will lie fallen on the mountains and in the valleys, his boughs will lie broken in all the rivers of the land, and all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shade and leave him. ¹³ All the birds will settle on his fallen trunk, and all the wild animals will be on his branches. ¹⁴ This is to warn all the trees growing near water not to grow so tall, not to lift their crowns above the leafy boughs, and all that take up water not to reach up in their height. For they are all given over to death, to the depths of the underworld, along with human beings, with those who descend to the pit.' ¹⁵ "Here is what Adonai Elohim says: ‘On the day he descended to Sh'ol, I caused the abyss to mourn and cover itself for him; I held back its rivers, so that its deep waters were stopped. I made the L'vanon mourn for him, and all the field trees withered because of him. ¹⁶ At the sound of his fall I made the nations shake, when I hurled him down to Sh'ol with those who descend to the pit. All the trees of ‘Eden, the pick of the best in the L'vanon, all that take up water, were consoled in the underworld. ¹⁷ They descended with him to Sh'ol to those who were killed by the sword, to those who were his fighting arm, those among the nations who lived in his shade. ¹⁸ Which of the trees of ‘Eden was your equal in glory or size? Yet you will be brought down to the underworld along with the trees of ‘Eden. You will lie there among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and his hordes,' says Adonai Elohim ."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

went: Ezekiel 32:20-30, Psalms 9:17, Isaiah 14:9

that were: Ezekiel 30:6-8, Ezekiel 30:21-25, Nehemiah 3:17, Nehemiah 3:18

dwelt: Ezekiel 31:3, Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 32:31, Lamentations 4:20, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:12, Mark 4:32

Reciprocal: Zechariah 11:2 - Howl Matthew 11:23 - which art

Cross-References

Genesis 24:10
(iii) Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and all kinds of gifts from his master, got up and went to Aram-Naharayim, to Nachor's city.

Genesis 24:61
Then Rivkah and her maids mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rivkah and went on his way.

1 Samuel 30:17
David attacked them from dawn until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except for 400 young men who jumped on camels and got away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They also went down to hell with him,.... To the grave with him; many of his nobles, princes, generals, soldiers, and subjects:

unto them that be slain with the sword; to be buried and lie with them who had fallen by the sword, as a just punishment for their iniquities:

and they that were his arm; either that leaned on his arm, were dependents upon him; or his ministers, his instruments, whom he employed under him as his deputies, to govern the several provinces that belonged to him; or rather his allies and auxiliaries, who helped and assisted him on occasion:

that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the Heathen; in the midst of the nations subject to the Assyrian empire; such who put themselves under the protection of it, lived comfortably under it, and continued with it to the last; these shared the same fate as that did. The Targum is,

"his governors are broken, whom he strengthened in the midst of the kingdom.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Effect of Assyria’s fall.

Ezekiel 31:15

I covered the deep - To cover with sack-cloth was an expression of mourning Ezekiel 27:31. The deep, the source of Assyria’s prosperity Ezekiel 31:4, was made to mourn, being dried up instead of giving forth its waters, its glad abundance.

For him - Upon his account.

Floods ... great waters - Or, rivers ... the multitude of waters (as in Ezekiel 31:4-5).

Lebanon represents the country which Assyria governed; “the trees,” the tributary princes.

Ezekiel 31:16

See the marginal references.

Ezekiel 31:17

His arm ... - The subject princes who were his strength and support in war.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 31:17. They also went down into hell with him — Into remediless destruction.